Category Archives: Pet Hates

I’ve been thinking about the guilt emotion. Wondering if guilt can sometimes provide a secure – albeit uncomfortable – hiding place. Guilt gnaws at our insides. It pinches so hard at the bottom of our lungs, that we cannot take a … Continue reading →

Join a library, apply for a job or submit a play for a competition. More often than not, you will have to fill one in. Apparently, their purpose is to guarantee an equal distribution of opportunities among ethnic backgrounds. Does … Continue reading →

There are favours for which you are sincerely grateful. Favours which come as rain upon the desert, or a hot salt bath when all your muscles are aching. Then there are favours which are a pain in the far South … Continue reading →

Number One: The CC option. At the risk of upsetting many of my friends and acquaintances, I simply have to voice this. Why do so many people find it so difficult to grasp the concept of the BCC option? … Continue reading →

No, I am not one of those people who get grumpy, depressed or reclusive at this time of year. I love, and always have loved, Yuletide. No, I do not like to see tinsel and baubles adorning the shops in … Continue reading →

When I took out a contract with my existing mobile ‘phone company, I was told that I could have the package I wanted only on condition that I paid for it by direct debit. No, a standing order was not … Continue reading →

I am meeting two female friends for an after work drink at the Windsor Castle Pub. I give one the socially compulsory kiss on the cheek. I turn to the other but she takes a step back. “I have a … Continue reading →